Wisconsin auditors find accounting mess in state-run insurance fund

By   /  March 8, 2013  /  Budget, Featured, Health Care, News, State Budgets, State Government, Wisconsin  /  1 Comment

By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Wisconsin requires medical providers to buy supplementary malpractice insurance from the state, but an independent audit suggests the billion dollar insurance trust fund needs tighter financial controls.
The Legislative Audit Bureau found the state’s insurance commissioner “materially misstated” loss liabilities and underwriting expenses in its triennial audit of the Injured [...]

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SC: Lawmakers want 2nd audit of state farmers market

By   /  August 30, 2012  /  Finances, News, South Carolina, State Budgets, State Government  /  Comments Off

Audit

By Rick Brundrett | The Nerve
COLUMBIA — State lawmakers are requesting another formal audit of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture’s handling of the relocation of the State Farmers Market — this time to include a proposal to pay a state official millions for property he owns at the new site.
The Nerve in May reported [...]

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SC: Lawmaker calls for audit of potential land deal

By   /  August 8, 2012  /  Agriculture, News, South Carolina, State Government  /  Comments Off

State Rep. Ralph Norman

By Rick Brundrett | The Nerve
COLUMBIA — A state lawmaker is calling for a formal audit of a South Carolina Department of Agriculture proposal to pay the state’s Ports Authority chairman millions for private property he owns at the State Farmers Market.
“It was a cooked-up deal,” said developer and state Rep. Ralph Norman, R-York, contending that a recent [...]

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NH DRED Commissioner defends giving Cannon GM “Company Car”

By   /  December 22, 2011  /  Ethics, News, Power Abuse  /  No Comments

By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire

CONCORD — Commissioner George Bald is satisfied that no one in his department is abusing the privilege of driving state-owned vehicles, even if he was a little sloppy in keeping track of his own mileage. The head of the Department of Resources and Economic Development defends his decision to let [...]

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COMMENTARY: Should Wisconsin be a potential horse slaughter destination?

By   /  December 2, 2011  /  Commentary, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Reporter  /  No Comments

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